On the occasion of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar's 126th birth anniversary on Friday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath made another major announcement of his government, which is to provide 24X7 electricity to all.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated six thermal power plants in Maharashtra and said his government is committed to revitalizing the energy sector, especially the renewable energy sector

Andhra Pradesh, the most aggressive state in building renewable energy capacity last year, may soon lose its momentum because of a standoff between the state’s power regulator and its main generation company over the future cost of wind power.

The spectacular failure of what was once the world’s biggest renewable-energy company has turned into a smorgasbord of wind and solar farms being gobbled up by infrastructure investors, clean-power developers and even a vegan soccer team

Nearly four years after it lost a grant of Rs 2 crore meant for installing photovoltaic systems on its UTD campus, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV) is now gearing up for a major energy overhaul with setting up of a solar power plant which will meet its all its energy requirements.

China aims to create 10 "mega" coal producers by the end of the decade as part of its drive to consolidate the industry and tackle overcapacity, the official China Daily reported on Friday, citing an energy official

OIL AND GAS

The proposed daily pricing of transport fuels in India would improve confidence in the sustainability of the market pricing regime as regular smaller changes in currency and crude oil prices should be easier to pass through to customers, US investment banker Jefferies said on Thursday

Chevron Corp, the second-largest U.S.-based oil producer, is exploring the sale of its 20 percent stake in Canada's Athabasca Oil Sands project, which could fetch about $2.5 billion, according to people familiar with the situation.

Union Minister of Surface Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari will be the chief guest of the first convocation of Nagpur’s Indian Institute of Management (IIM-Nagpur) to be held on April 14 at 8.30 am at VNIT auditorium

Close on the heels of the imminent abolition of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) to ease procedures, the government will announce steps to increase the powers of administrative ministries for speedy appraisal of public-private partnership (PPP) projects

India and France on Thursday reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening their cooperation in the field of railways and agreed that mutual collaboration and exchange of expertise will benefit both countries.

India's 12 major ports as well as some shipping entities may raise loans amounting to Rs 50,000 crore in US dollars at nominal interest rates to provide fillip to infrastructure, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has said